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Have yourself a merry little lifemas: the secret for staying young

Friday, December 22nd, 2006

Want to know what’s possible as you age?

Listen to Terry Gross interview Hugh Martin, songwriter of Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas.

Sharp. Bright. Young. Engaging. Charming. Alive. Warm.

In the interview, recorded Dec. 22, 2006, Hugh Martin is an amazing 93 years old.

Full of verve and doesn’t sound a day over 45. Even when he sings.

(The audio link is not up on the Fresh Air page as I write this. When it is, you’ll see a speaker icon just under the headline at that page at the NPR site. Click on the speaker.)

Getting old, to a great extent, is a matter of (more…)

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How to predict your future

Saturday, July 22nd, 2006

“It is said that if you want to know what you were doing in the past, look at your body now; if you want to know what will happen to you in the future, look at (more…)

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No Jukeboxes

Monday, May 29th, 2006

The following is an excerpt from my 1985 metaphysical / quantum-physics novel, Conversations with the Moon, (which had a first, small, private print-run under the title, Blue Suede Shoes) © ken winston caine, all rights reserved:

The brunette is uncertain whether she is hearing sounds on The Other Side.

But, she is certain she senses music… Music tickling her; music caressing her… Music filling, feeding, sustaining her.

Here, on The Other Side, she may be music. She may be a sustained chord; a full chord; a sweet chord; a round chord. She may be C Major…

She’s not sure. She is sure she senses music.

Music.

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Music is a drug. The sounds, rhythms affect the brain and encourage the release of endorphins — natural morphine — and can release a cascade of sexual excitement hormones, or any of a prescription list of brain chemicals (more…)

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Music lightens spirit, makes us feel good. Even when we feel like hell, study finds

Monday, May 29th, 2006

A new study reinforces the healing power of music.

The scientifically rigorous study, published in the current issue of The Journal of Advanced Nursing, finds that listening to music just one hour a day can reduce pain levels by up to 21% and depression levels by up to 25% among long-term sufferers of chronic pain.

Those in the study had been suffering from back pain due to disc disease, arthritis or other (more…)

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